tuart

Eucalyptus gomphocephala, an Australian tree with heavy, durable wood.

Noun

  1. Eucalyptus gomphocephala, an Australian tree with heavy, durable wood.
    • Tuart is usually a tall tree attaining 25–40 m in height and 1–2 m dbh, but in the northern part of its distribution it may be reduced to about 10–15 m in height. - 2006, Douglas J. Boland et al., Forest Trees of...
    • 2009, Richard Allen, Australia's Remarkable Trees, Melbourne University Publishing (The Miegunyah Press), page 8, Today only a quarter of the original Tuart forests and woodlands remain.
    • As an artist keenly attracted to Western Australian gums, specifically karris and tuarts, van Raalte prioritized imaginative figurations of trees, rather than humans, in his etchings. - 2018, John C. Ryan, Forest...

Origin

From Nyunga duward.

Forms

tuarts tewart tooart touart